Look: She was rescued because an Iraqi discovered her and traveled miles on foot to get word to our soldiers. And he got absolutely nothing from her in return. Not a thank you, not anything. In fact, when he got here to the States and went to visit her to see how she was doing, she refused to see him.
That woman is best left forgotten to the annals of history, as she is a pathetic footnote in the United States Armed Forces.
Women don’t belong in the military and Jessica Lynch and what happened to her are perfect examples of why.
Kids do stupid things that they regret later.
I am willing to let it go. 21 surgeries is a lot to go through. I am sure there was a fair share of crap that she had to eat after not living up to the hype.
It’s awful to put any 19 year old through.
I say, give her a pass and get on with her life.
If she’d only been well-trained enough to charge her M-16, she probably would’ve never been captured and assaulted. What kind of namby-pamby basic training do they have since I left the service? I’m betting a female Marine wouldn’t have forgotten basic weaponry less than a year after going through it. And I say that as a soldier.
Ingrate? How so? From the very beginning she admitted that the stories about her had been exaggerated.............Why do you have a problem with that?
She seems to understand the meaning of honor. What is your problem?
I suspect she has no idea of the planning and the risks involved in getting her to safety in the middle of an all-out invasion. If her unit couldn't drive a truck down the street without getting attacked and nearly wiped out, what makes her think the rescue was a walk in the park?
And the doctor who saved her put himself and his whole family at particular risk of being slaughtered as traitors for helping her.
As others have said, I'm sure she doesn't want to dwell on any of this for reasons known only to her. And she doesn't want to be a symbol for a war she may well not believe in. But a little respect for the people who saved her is still in order.
Sorry but screw your opinion. I was in the unit next to hers at Bliss. My convoy was the next in line in Iraq on a paralell highway. She went through crap that most people in America never will and she has a right she earned to be however she wants in regard to that war. She was used as a prop by the Army and politics and she knows it and voices her opinion over it.
Sounds like she’s been bought off.
Her teammate was the driver of the vehicle (I think it was a Hummer). She made a wrong turn, getting them both in danger. After getting through the town she mistakenly drove into, she inexplicably did a 180 and drove right back into the town. She crashed it, was killed and the ungrateful Miss Lynch got injured and captured.
A year or so later, a mountain in Phoenix was illegally named after the woman driver, Piestawa Peak. It was in violation of a law requiring a five-year wait after someone’s death before you can name a geographical feature for them. The peak would never have been named after her once the above version of the story came out. People weren’t happy the mountain wasn’t named after a hero, but a zero. They did it because she was a “Native-American,” and the liberals had been bucking for years to change the name of “Squaw Peak.”
The law breaking Governor: one Janet Napolitano. She’s been a serial law-breaker long before she became one of Obastard’s butt-buddies.
Thank you for volunteering to serve your country.